| anesthesia | Loss of normal sensation or feeling. A drug used to produce anesthesia. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| presacral | Anterior to or preceding the sacrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presacral anaesthesia | Injection of local anaesthetic solution anterior to the sacrum, to block nerves as they exit from the sacral foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presacral nerve | The continuation of the aortic plexus inferior to the aortic bifurcation across the fifth lumbar vertebra into the pelvis where it divides into two hypogastric nerves at the sides of the rectum; these join the pelvic splanchnic nerves to form the inferior hypogastric plexus's supplying pelvic viscera. Synonym: plexus hypogastricus superior, nervus presacralis, Latarget's nerve, presacral nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presacral neurectomy | Cutting of the presacral nerve to relieve severe dysmenorrhoea. Synonym: Cotte's operation, presacral sympathectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presacral sympathectomy | Cutting of the presacral nerve to relieve severe dysmenorrhoea. Synonym: Cotte's operation, presacral sympathectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |